Lavang lathika

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By Chandana Guptha

Feb, 22nd

602

Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
16 - 18

Ingredients

  • Wheat flour
  • Pat flour
  • Refined flour
  • Ghee
  • Salt
  • Water
  • Khoya
  • Sugar
  • Almond
  • Cashew
  • Pista
  • Cardamom powder
  • Cloves
  • Coconut
  • Water
  • Kewra water
  • Saffron
  • Oil

Instructions

  • take a mixing bowl and add whole wheat flour, oats flour, refined flour, salt, and ghee. Rub the mixture with your fingertips till all ghee is combined well and mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs texture. Add water a little quantity at a time and knead the firm dough. Cover it with the damp cloth and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes. dough for lavang latika is prepared. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Grate the khoya and roast it in a non-stick pan on low flame. Only 5-6 minutes are good enough to cook mawa. Let it cool before adding sugar powder. Once khoya is at room temperature add all chopped nuts, powdered sugar, and cardamom powder. Mix well and khoya filling is ready to stuff. Dry roast the grated coconut for 2-3 minutes on low flame. Once the grated coconut is at room temperature add nuts, cardamom powder, and sugar powder. Mix nicely and vegan coconut filling is ready to make Vegan lavang Latika. Divide the dough into equal portions. Take one portion and roll it to a circle. Place 1-1.5 tablespoon mixture in the middle and fold two sides overlapping each other with the mixture at the center. lavang latika are taking shape as pockets and sealed with a clove. Repeat the same overlapping with the remaining two sides, like a book fold. Seal it with the clove. lavang latika are prepared and ready for deep frying. Heat the oil in a kadhai on medium flame. Deep fry all whole wheat lavang Latika on medium-low flame till they turn golden brown. When they are in golden color transfer them on kitchen towel. Once all whole wheat lavang Latika are deep fried, make sugar syrup. To make sugar syrup add sugar and water in a pan and heat on medium flame. Cook for a 5-6 minute, add kevra essence and check for one string consistency. Soak all deeply fried lavang Latika in the sugar syrup for a minute and transfer them on a greased surface. Once the syrup dries store lavang Latika in an airtight container.